Get Your Cherry Thing-A-Lings While You Can

(Batesville, Ind.) – They are only available once a year just before Presidents Day.

Schmidt’s Bakery in Batesville is having its annual cherry thing-a-ling sale. It starts today and runs through Monday – or until their supply runs out.

Cherry thing-a-lings have been a tradition for the family-owned bakery for more than 50 years. This year, baker Bertie Schmidt plans to produce more than 50,000 .

The one-of-a-kind fried treats are popular not just in Batesville, but people call in their shipping orders from around the country each Presidents Day weekend. Each cherry thing-a-ling is $1.25, or $15 a dozen.

Why does the bakery use cherries and only sell them on Presidents Day? It hearkens to the folk tale that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree as a child.